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Vendor: Garmin
Name: Nuvi 550
Part No: 010-00700-01
SKU: NUVI550
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What's Included In The Box? |
The Garmin Nuvi 500 ships with the following items included: - nüvi 500
- U.S. version includes preloaded U.S. topographic maps plus City Navigator® NT data for the lower 48 states
- Hawaii and Puerto Rico (no Alaska or Canada detail)
- Lithium-ion battery
- Vehicle suction cup mount
- Vehicle power cable
- Dashboard disc
- Quick start manual
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Product Information |
| Manufacturer: |
Garmin |
Category: |
GPS Units |
Type: |
Automotive GPS |
| Model: |
010-00700-10 |
SKU: |
NUVI500 |
UPC: |
753759076948 |
| Announced: |
July 22, 2008 |
First Shipped: |
August 14, 2008 |
Weight: |
1.244 lbs. |
Garmin Nuvi 500 Family Series |
Garmin Nuvi 550 | | | | | |
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Manufacturer Description |
Drive, hike, bike or boat. With the rugged, waterproof, multi-mode Garmin nuvi 500, you can do it all. Packed with detailed street and topographic maps, the Garmin nuvi 500 is ready for adventure both on and off the beaten path. Like the Garmin nuvi 550, the Garmin nuvi 500 switches modes to navigate your active lifestyle and provides spoken turn-by-turn directions (with text-to-speech) to your destination.
Take It Anywhere
The Garmin nuvi 500 features driving, walking, bicycling and boating modes which customize your nuvi specifically for your method of travel. This portable hybrid combines the advanced navigation features and large, color display found in automotive units with the durability of an outdoor handheld. Sleek and slim, you can slip the Garmin nuvi 500 into your pocket or backpack. The user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery lets nüvi navigate you on roads or off.
Get Turn-by-Turn Directions
The Garmin nuvi 500's intuitive interface greets you with two simple questions: "Where To?" and "View Maps." Touch the color screen to easily look up addresses and services and get voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions to your destination. It comes preloaded with City Navigator NT map data for the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico or one European region or country (click Versions tab to view all). It's packed with millions of points of interest (POIs) and features digital elevation maps that show you shaded terrain contours at higher zoom levels. With the Garmin nuvi 500, you can upload custom points of interest (POIs) and navigate to geo-tagged photos. If you're lost, use the Where Am I? emergency locator to view your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and fuel stations.
Navigate Off-Road
The Garmin nuvi 5000 also includes preloaded U.S. topographic maps and accepts optional mapping for all of your outdoor adventures. Conveniently plug in BlueChart g2 Vision and Inland Lakes Vision marine maps on a microSD card for a great day on the water. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet. With its high-sensitivity GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, the Garmin nuvi 500 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover, deep canyons and near tall building and trees.
Expand Your GPS
Navigation is just the beginning. The Garmin nuvi 500 includes many travel tools, including world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more. Show off photos of your excursions with nuvi's picture viewer. Even download geocaches and instructions from Geocaching.com straight to your unit. The Garmin nuvi 500 comes preloaded with a free MAD Maps scenic road trip for Historic Route 66. Get turn-by-turn directions on motorcycle-friendly roads and insider tips for an unforgettable ride across America. It supports optional FM traffic alerts or optional MSN Direct content. The Garmin nuvi 500 also features Garmin Lock, an anti-theft feature, and is compatible with our free Garmin Garage, where you can download custom vehicles that show your location on the map.
Garmin nuvi 500 and 550 Comparison
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Features & Tips |
Here is a listing we have put together of some of the common Nuvi 500 features,
along with a few user tips that you may find of help for this particular item. | - Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (internal speaker)
- Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.") : yes
- Speech recognition (navigate with voice commands): no
- 3D map view: yes
- Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): yes
- Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes
- Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes
- Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes
- Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes
- Hands-free calling with Bluetooth® wireless technology: no
- FM traffic compatible: yes
- XM® Navtraffic (includes basic weather) & Radio for U.S. compatible: no
- MSN® Direct for U.S. compatible: yes
- Where Am I? feature (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): yes
- Car locator feature (marks position when removed from windshield mount): no
- MP3 player: no
- Audio book player: no
- Picture viewer: yes
- Configurable vehicle icons (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): yes
- World travel clock, currency & measurement converter, calculator: yes
- Touchscreen: yes
- Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): no
- Remote control: no
- FM transmitter: no
- Headphone jack/audio line-out: no
- Dead reckoning: no
- Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): yes
- Motorcycle-friendly: yes
- Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® 2000 or later and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.
Physical & Performance:
- Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.21"W x 3.35"H x .9"D (10.7 x 8.5 x 2.3 cm)
- Display size, WxH: 2.8"W x 2.1"H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5" diag (8.9 cm)
- Display resolution, WxH: 320 x 240 pixels
- Display type: QVGA color antiglare TFT with white backlight
- Weight: 7.6 ounces (215 g)
- Battery: user-replaceable, rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery life: up to 8 hours
- Waterproof: yes (IPX7)
- High-sensitivity receiver: yes
- RoHS version available: yes
Maps & Memory:
- Basemap: yes
- Preloaded maps: yes (regional or 48 states)
- Ability to add maps: yes
- Built-in memory: internal solid state
- Accepts data cards: microSD™ card (not included)
- Waypoints/favorites/locations: 500
- Routes: 10
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| Most Recent Customer Reviews | | (View all reviews for this item, or add your own review.) |
 Nuvi 500 Review
Unit is good for what it does, but Garmin could do a lot better.
Garmin needs to visit with peo...Read more
43 days ago by John
GREAT GPS
Item was delivered fast and was just as advetised. This GPS works great on my motorcycle. My fri...Read more
45 days ago by XRRACRRON
Garmin nuvi 500 - topps?
well got my Nuvi and so far like it, but to be honest i have not used it yet as much as i plan to ...Read more
102 days ago by coolkp
This is a nice gps
I also own a much more expensive feature packed garmin that I hate.It is very fussy. I use this mo...Read more
103 days ago by Jimbo
Excellent Product
This GPS works great and as expected....Read more
133 days ago by RT
friendly to use, lacks a couple features
i upgraded from the quest 2. nicer larger screen, touch screen controls, which can be annoying if ...Read more
191 days ago by Jay
First review for this application
I use my Nuvi 500 for snowmobiling (needed 3rd party maps but I anticipated that - RedPine Mapping...Read more
237 days ago by John
upgrade (?) from Quest 2
The unit is very easy to use. the battery doesn't last very long if you use it on a motorcycle, b...Read more
311 days ago by Crudstud
garmin nuvi 500
The garmin nuvi 500 will communicate with Mapsource and basecamp both, but you can do more with bas...Read more
1.2 years ago by Randy
what garmin does not tell you
Have not been able to use th device. downloaded map upgrades per garmin's instruction and it wipe...Read more
1.3 years ago by boudee
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